Women’s Rugby win Club of the Year as Lacrosse and Women’s Cricket also take two awards each
Maya Gordon and Emma Lord break down this year's annual Sports Ball.
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For the ‘W’: What a Warwick Sport rebrand will mean for clubs
The Active Wellness and Sport Identity Project that has been in the works all academic year will be launched in September 2026. The project hopes to rebrand club identity into a ‘Warwick Sports’ identity, aiming for cohesion across all sports clubs at Warwick. Over 60% of respondents to a survey...
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Warnings issued against open water swimming after heatwave fatalities
Warwick District Council have issued a warning directed at young people against open water swimming, following recent fatalities. The council has identified three key spots of danger in Warwickshire for young people: St Nicholas Park in Warwick, River Avon behind the Saxon Mill, and the River Leam at Victoria Bridge....
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Why did only a quarter of us vote in the SU Elections?
The SU elections feel pretty far away and not very relevant right now, I’m sure. So let me start off by refreshing your memory. It’s campaign week, and you’re trying to get to your 1pm lecture, which you were running late for anyway. You might walk by the Atrium, especially...
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Jacob Rees-Mogg visits the University of Warwick for podcast and Q&A
On 29 April, Jacob Rees-Mogg visited the University of Warwick, alongside Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley, to record an episode for The Telegraph’s Daily T Podcast. The talk was structured into three parts, starting with a general conversation between the hosts and Rees-Mogg about PMQs, political violence, free speech, and...
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The Boar wins four awards at SPA National Conference
The Boar and members of its team have been recognised by the Student Publication Association (SPA) at their annual National Conference. Held on the 27 and 28 March in association with Concrete, the University of East Anglia’s student newspaper, SPANC 26 was filled with networking events and workshops tailored to...
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BREAKING: Skool Dayz will NOT be going ahead in the academic year 2026/7
After the number of complaints from students about the bi-termly Skool Dayz event has reached a record high, the Students’ Union has decided to run its final Skool Dayz in Week 7 of Term 3. In a version of the SU website, the Skool Dayz description explicitly asks students to...
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SU Spring Elections 2026: The Boar speaks with your new Sabbatical Officers
The Dirty Duck was transformed into a sea of green on Friday, 13 March 2026 as a week of campaigning and voting came to an end in the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) 2026 Spring Officer Elections.
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‘If there is culture, it’s not loud enough!’: Leam bids to be UK’s first Town of Culture
Leamington Spa has bid to become the UK’s first Town of Culture, a branch of the City of Culture initiative, with mixed response from University of Warwick students. The UK City of Culture initiative was launched in 2009 and has featured four winners, including Coventry in 2021. This year, the Department for...
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SU Spring Elections 2026 Interviews: Hugh Gunton, VP Sports
In the run-up to the Warwick Students’ Union (SU) Spring Elections, The Boar offered all Full-Time Officer (FTO) candidates the opportunity to be interviewed. Hugh Gunton, one of the candidates for VP Sports, sat down with The Boar‘s incoming Co-News Editor, Maya Gordon, to discuss his campaign. He emphasised that Warwick Sport...
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What is the ‘male loneliness epidemic’ and who does it affect?
Gone is the crazy cat lady, and in is the red-pilled, alpha-male manosphere bro. This is, of course, stereotyping. Nevertheless, for centuries, single, ‘lonely’ women have been made to feel lesser-than, from Regency spinsters to the 2021 comment on “childless cat ladies” made by JD Vance, who is now the...
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What do ‘likes’ have to do with love?
It’s hard enough to navigate a relationship as a young adult without being bombarded by happy couples, relationship therapists, unhappy people in relationships, unhappy singles, dating coaches, and happy singles online. I don’t especially enjoy a scroll through Instagram around Valentine’s Day because of the overload of couples content: dating experts, picture-perfect happy couples, and general...
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Morning-after pill made free at pharmacies throughout England
Emergency contraception, or the ‘morning-after’ pill, has been made available for free on the NHS in nearly 10,000 high street pharmacies, including Boots. The morning-after pill, sometimes also called Plan B or emergency oral contraception, is a pill normally taken after unprotected sex and works to prevent pregnancy by delaying...
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